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Press Council Of India Issues Notice To UP Government Over Arrest Of Journalist For Questioning Minister

The local reporter Sanjay Rana was seeking responses from Devi on several promises of development she had made ahead of the state assembly elections

17 March 2023

Siddique Kappan

Kerala Journalist Siddique Kappan Granted Bail In Money Laundering Case After Two Years In UP Jail

Siddique Kappan had been in jail for over two years and was first arrested on terror charges in October 2020 while he was on his way to Uttar Pradesh to report on the horrific Hathras gangrape case, when a 19-year-old Dalit...

23 December 2022

Women in journalism face censorship as well as abuse

Trolling, Abuse, Harassment: What Press Freedom Looks Like For Women Journalists In India

According to a recent UNESCO-ICFJ survey, 73 per cent of the women journalists surveyed reported having faced online violence while doing their job

07 November 2022

Anurag Thakur says these schemes will help in bringing transparency and accountability.

I&B Minister Says NYT 'Spreading Lies' About India

Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Friday accused The New York Times of spreading lies about India, describing an opinion piece published in it on the freedom of the press in Kashmir as mischievous and...

10 March 2023

Twitter CEO Elon Musk

'My Apologies... Should I Step Down As Twitter CEO?' Elon Musk Asks In A Poll, Promises To Abide By Results

Later, while the poll was on, the Twitter CEO, Elon Musk, wrote 'As the saying goes, be careful what you wish, as you might get it.'

19 December 2022

Students waiting in a queue.

Mismatched Skills, Unreal Expectations: How Journalism Schools Fall Short Of Preparing Students For Real World

From skills taught to what to expect in a real newsroom, several journalism graduates feel classroom did not give them a good picture of what the profession would be like after college.

07 November 2022

Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah is the Editor-in-Chief of the online news magazine, The Kashmir Walla

Journalists Demand Release of Kashmiri Journalist Fahad Shah

Calling for his immediate release, the journalists said that it would be of importance to the cause of free press in Kahsmir

17 February 2023

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An all-India meet of the India Journalist Union in October

Attack On Press Freedom In India: Can Journalist Unions Return To Past Glory?

As India’s ranking went from 142 to 150 on the World Press Freedom Index 2022 after increasing reports of attacks, surveillance ‘snoop gate’ following the Narendra Modi government coming to power, these bodies have...

07 November 2022

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07 November 2022
Dispatch From Kashmir: A Journalist's Memoir From August 2019

Dispatch From Kashmir: A Journalist's Memoir From August 2019

Lapses in normalcy are normal in Kashmir. But this time, no one knew what exactly was happening, journalist Ubeer Naqushbandi recalls what happened to...


07 November 2022
Press Freedom In India: Where Bail Is The Exception, Jail Is The Rule

Press Freedom In India: Where Bail Is The Exception, Jail Is The Rule

Since Independence, vernacular journalists in India have been bearing the wrath of the state, sometimes for telling the truth and in other times just for not...


04 October 2022
PM Modi Pays Tribute To Freedom Fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma

PM Modi Pays Tribute To Freedom Fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to revolutionary freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma on his birth anniversary.


01 October 2022
Hand Over Your Drones, Nashik Police Tell People

Hand Over Your Drones, Nashik Police Tell People

Residents in Nashik, Maharashtra have been ordered to deposit all drones at nearby police stations following two incidents involving drones flying near defense...


28 June 2022
Why Declining Press Freedom Is Nobody’s Concern In India

Why Declining Press Freedom Is Nobody’s Concern In India

This sharp decline in Press freedom reveals a dangerous state of affairs in the functioning of media and democracy in India. The condition of the press in...


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13 May 2022
Sedition Law: 'Historic Judgement', Says Akhil Gogoi As Assam Intelligentsia Rejoice SC Move

Sedition Law: 'Historic Judgement', Says Akhil Gogoi As Assam Intelligentsia Rejoice SC Move

Activists, journos, writers and academics across Assam want the colonial-era sedition laws to be scrapped.


24 April 2022
Too Often, We Have Taken Freedom For Granted: Barack Obama

Too Often, We Have Taken Freedom For Granted: Barack Obama

Recent events remind us is that democracy is neither inevitable nor self-executed, citizens like us have to nurture it, said former US President Barack Obama...


06 March 2022
Russia Continues Crackdown On Media, Protests Amid Ukraine War

Russia Continues Crackdown On Media, Protests Amid Ukraine War

Several prominent independent online outlets were blocked on Sunday, on top of dozens of others that were blocked last week. Others decided to halt operation...


19 January 2022
Media Associations Calls Take Over Of Kashmir Press Club 'Coercive'

Media Associations Calls Take Over Of Kashmir Press Club 'Coercive'

Jammu and Kashmir administration retracted the premises allotted to the Kashmir Press Club, following “dissensions” between two factions, one of which had...


18 January 2022
Editors Guild Anguished At Closure Of Kashmir Press Club, Says It’s Latest In Sequence Of Disturbing Events

Editors Guild Anguished At Closure Of Kashmir Press Club, Says It’s Latest In Sequence Of Disturbing Events

The Editors Guild of India is deeply anguished by the shutting down of the Kashmir Press Club by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, on January 17, 2022.


18 January 2022
Govt De-registers Kashmir Press Club, Closes It Amid ‘State-Sponsored’ Coup

Govt De-registers Kashmir Press Club, Closes It Amid ‘State-Sponsored’ Coup

Government officials said that the decision was taken after they became concerned over an unpleasant turn of events involving two rival warring groups using...


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17 January 2022
Jammu & Kashmir Administration Withdraws Kashmir Press Club Premises

Jammu & Kashmir Administration Withdraws Kashmir Press Club Premises

The administration said it was concerned over the situation that had arisen due to the "unpleasant turn" of events involving two warring groups using the...


16 January 2022
When A Daylight Coup At Press Club Misses Official WhatsApp And Gmail

When A Daylight Coup At Press Club Misses Official WhatsApp And Gmail

Opposition leaders call the take over of the Kashmir Press Club by a new body, a 'state-sponsored coup'. A group of people came into the press club with armed...


16 January 2022
Editor's Guild Condemns 'Coup' At Kashmir Press Club

Editor's Guild Condemns 'Coup' At Kashmir Press Club

After a few journalists reached the Kashmir Press Club with policemen and claimed to be its new management, as alleged by the Editor's Guild of India, the...


15 January 2022
Kashmir Press Club Announces Polls, Govt Stalls Their Re-Registration License

Kashmir Press Club Announces Polls, Govt Stalls Their Re-Registration License

The move to put the registration of the Kashmir Press Club in abeyance has been seen as an attempt by the government to stall elections of the club and assume...


27 December 2021
President Duda Vetoes Media Bill That Targeted US Owned Largest Private Television Network Of Poland

President Duda Vetoes Media Bill That Targeted US Owned Largest Private Television Network Of Poland

President Duda, who was facing pressure from the US government to veto the bill, argued that it is important for Poland to be seen as an honourable partner...


16 December 2021
RSF Press Freedom Report: 'Times Tough For Journalists'; China, Belarus, Myanmar 'Worst Culprits'

RSF Press Freedom Report: 'Times Tough For Journalists'; China, Belarus, Myanmar 'Worst Culprits'

RSF (Reporters Without Borders) in its annual press freedom report has sounded the alarm, stating China, Belarus and Myanmar are among the 'worst culprits'...


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